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	'''Jehovah's Witnesses in Cuba''' are a community of 91 651 active ] in ] (about 0,9 % of the citizens), belonging to 1250 ]s. In ], more than 200,000 persons (about 1.9 % of the residents) celebrated the Memorial of Christ's Death. <ref>http://www.watchtower.org/e/statistics/worldwide_report.htm</ref> ~~There~~ ~~has~~ ~~been~~ ] in Cuba.		'''Jehovah's Witnesses in Cuba''' are a community of 91 651 active ] in ] (about 0,9 % of the citizens), belonging to 1250 ]s. In ], more than 200,000 persons (about 1.9 % of the residents) celebrated the Memorial of Christ's Death. <ref>http://www.watchtower.org/e/statistics/worldwide_report.htm</ref> The share of witnesses in the population is exceeding that in Great Britain. <ref>http://www.watchtower.org/e/statistics/worldwide_report.htm</ref> After the ], the number of Jehovah's Witness in Cuba increased to 20,000.
			<ref>http://www.jstor.org/pss/1388816</ref> There has been ] in Cuba. The number of Jehovah's Witnesses, who left Cuba on the occasion of the 1980 ] is estimated at 3,000. <ref>http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=JSk_PiObWhAC&pg=PA137&dq=Cuba+%22Jehovah%27s+Witnesses%22&hl=en&ei=4ClPTI_vFNaVOITkmKEB&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDIQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Cuba%20%22Jehovah%27s%20Witnesses%22&f=false</ref> In 1989, there were an estimated 30,000 of Jehovah's Witnesses in Cuba. <ref>http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=JSk_PiObWhAC&pg=PA137&dq=Cuba+%22Jehovah%27s+Witnesses%22&hl=en&ei=4ClPTI_vFNaVOITkmKEB&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDIQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Cuba%20%22Jehovah%27s%20Witnesses%22&f=false</ref>

	In ], the Cuban government freed representatives of the ]. Adherents now could meet in groups counting upto 150 persons. In Cuba a Bethel was opened. Although this religious activity was not yet legally recognized, they were allowed to use the building formerly occupied, including ]s as well as the printing of ]. In ] more than 70 000 followerswere reported. In ], authorities agreed to large ''congresses'' in the largest Cuban cities. In that year there were more than 82 thousand spokesmen. And 10 years later more than 90 thousand.		In ], the Cuban government freed representatives of the ]. Adherents now could meet in groups counting upto 150 persons. In Cuba a Bethel was opened. Although this religious activity was not yet legally recognized, they were allowed to use the building formerly occupied, including ]s as well as the printing of ]. In ] more than 70 000 followerswere reported. In ], authorities agreed to large ''congresses'' in the largest Cuban cities. In that year there were more than 82 thousand spokesmen. And 10 years later more than 90 thousand.
			Cuban dissident ] is the son of a Jehovah's Witness. <ref>http://www.adherents.com/largeco/fam_jw.html</ref>

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Jehovah's Witnesses in Cuba are a community of 91 651 active Jehovah's Witnesses in Cuba (about 0,9 % of the citizens), belonging to 1250 congregations. In 2009, more than 200,000 persons (about 1.9 % of the residents) celebrated the Memorial of Christ's Death. The share of witnesses in the population is exceeding that in Great Britain. After the Second World War, the number of Jehovah's Witness in Cuba increased to 20,000. There has been persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses in Cuba. The number of Jehovah's Witnesses, who left Cuba on the occasion of the 1980 Mariel exodus is estimated at 3,000. In 1989, there were an estimated 30,000 of Jehovah's Witnesses in Cuba. In 1994, the Cuban government freed representatives of the Watchtower Society. Adherents now could meet in groups counting upto 150 persons. In Cuba a Bethel was opened. Although this religious activity was not yet legally recognized, they were allowed to use the building formerly occupied, including Kingdom Halls as well as the printing of own publications. In 1996 more than 70 000 followerswere reported. In 1998, authorities agreed to large congresses in the largest Cuban cities. In that year there were more than 82 thousand spokesmen. And 10 years later more than 90 thousand. Cuban dissident Rene Montes de Oca Martija is the son of a Jehovah's Witness.

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